A big question is “What in the world is God doing?” Making a case for the Church.

About 20 years ago, I was finishing a graduate degree. An organization in Orlando wanted me to come and work for them. Lots of perks. A new car – a demo – every six months. Some free medical care. Lots of travel. Close to my mom and dad. But I read a verse that said that Jesus loved the
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In this text we see Jesus begin to proclaim God’s good news. He tells us what this good news is, and what we are invited to do about it. Then we see what we can expect from this good news, as well as what not to focus on. It all begins with some bad news,

Kingdom Come!
Mark 1:14-39
INTRO:
What’s the best news you have ever heard/could ever hear?
Today, God has some really good news for you!
PREV:
Today we will see Jesus begin to proclaim God’s good news. He’ll tell us what this good news is, and we will see what we are invited to do
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In the Garden of Eden sin decided to invade and seperate man from the Kingdom rule of God. However two thousand years ago Jesus came to re-establish that Kingdom rule through us. The Kingdom has come and the battle has begun.

Sermon preached after a presentation by New Horizons.
We are beginning a series on Kingdom living today. Often when we hear about the Kingdom of God or the Kingdom of Heaven we envision a future Kingdom that will one day either take us up to it or will descend upon us. However the Bible teaches us
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More than likely, most of you parents have taken your children to see the headwaters of he Mississippi located in Itasca stare park not far from here. You have walked the little walking bridge across those waters, and even encouraged your young children to take off their shoes and walk across the
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Has Thy Kingdom Come?
Mark 11:1-11
Palm Sunday has been celebrated for almost two thousand years in the church. It is a day where little children wave palm branches at the process to the altar. Special hymns like “Hosanna, Loud Hosanna” are sung. I can remember when I visited the nearby Coptic
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TEXT
“Thy kingdom come”
INTRODUCTION
Some countries are called kingdoms e.g. the United Kingdom. Other countries are kingdoms but are not called such e.g. Belgium, Denmark and Saudi Arabia to name but a few. A kingdom has a monarch ruling over it. The LORD rules over the kingdom of God. It
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Matthew 6:10
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
GOOD NEWS
- God’s kingdom is coming
- every thing’s gonna be alright
- heaven on earth
- all of life’s burdens are coming to an end: handling workload, keeping the house clean, making ends meet at the end of the
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Jesus described the coming kingdom of God through the windows of the parables. This sermon unpacks something of the meaning to the people then and to us now.

22.2.09
YOUR KINGDOM COME – Luke 8:4-14
INTRO
News headlines today – THE TIMES 22nd February 2009
PARENTS TOLD: AVOID MORALITY IN SEX LESSONS
PARENTS should avoid trying to convince their teenage children of the difference between right and wrong when talking to them about sex, a new
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The previous age has passed away & the glories of a new millennia has dawned. The glories of the renewed age will mean that the past is completely forgotten & left behind. It will be a time when God Himself will minister through His people.

ISAIAH 65: 17-25
THY KINGDOM COME
[2 Peter 3:10-13]
Here we begin the final section of the Book. The previous age has passed away and the glories of a new millennia has dawned. The glories of the renewed age will mean that the past is completely forgotten and left behind. It will be a
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A sermon the phrase in the Model Prayer "Thy Kingdom Come" along with prayer points for the church. (Material adapted from Phillip Keller’s Book "A Layman Looks at the Lord’s Prayer" and another unidentified source)

Sunday evening service for 8/23/2009
Thy Kingdom Come- Matthew 6:10 a
Introduction:
What kind of Kingdom has Jesus? No castle nor palace has he. No congress nor parliament sitting, deciding what laws there will be. Perhaps he has need of but two laws: Love God and your neighbor as well.
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Thy Kingdom Come
Luke 11:1-4
Intro. – Astronaut James Erwin is one of but a few men to walk on the moon. As he stood upon the lunar landscape and looked up at the earth, he prayed for the first time in his life.
He thought about the strife among nations, poverty, hunger, and rampant evil;
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What do those words really mean? Today as we continue to plunge the depths of the greatest prayer ever prayer we will answer that question, and we will never pray those words the same again. (Praying Like Jesus - part 3)

“Praying Like Jesus” – part three
The Disciples were with Jesus for 3 solid years… Think about how awesome that must have been. I love how the Message Bible words the first few verses of 1 John;
“From the very first day, we were there, taking it all in – we heard it with our own ears, saw it
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"Thy Kindom Come" in the Lords’ prayer encompasses a great deal more than most Christians realize, this sermon takes a look at the Kingdom from a higher vantage point.

“Thy Kingdom Come”
In our last message for this series, we talked about the invocation and the first petition of the Lords’ Prayer. And if you missed the last one, don’t worry because each sermon in this series will be totally “self-contained” and understood easily by itself. Anyway,
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